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2 unusual facts about Creole Love Call


Creole Love Call

Ellington first recorded it in 1927 and was issued a copyright for it as composer the following year.

Kay Davis

She is the only person Ellington allowed to reprise Adelaide Hall's famous wordless vocal on "Creole Love Call".


Vocal jazz

However, the record "Heebie Jeebies" in 1926 by Armstrong and "Creole Love Call" in 1927 by Duke Ellington and Adelaide Hall subsequently introduced scat singing to a wider audience and did much to popularize the style.


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